fetterman is a defund the police marxist. >> that, of course, was when john fetterman was running for seat. so trump was campaigning against him there. joining us now, cnn political analyst, washington bureau chief for the boston globe, jackie kucinich. jackie, good morning. good morning. john fetterman becoming a really interesting figure in all of this. what does it say? >> so john fetterman has been and what's a few words between, you know. politicians that said, you know, john fetterman has always been someone who has resistant to being put in a box politically. and in this case, he's long said that if someone wants to have an honest conversation and be an honest broker with him, he's willing to sit down and have the conversation. and in this case, he said he's the newly elected president. i'm going to sit down and meet with him and talk with him. he's not someone who makes promises either to, you know, that he's going to do one thing or the other. but as he said in that clip, he says he represents pennsylvania and he's going to do what he thinks his voters would want him to do. >

but senator fetterman represents a 5050 state. why shouldn't he be having a relationship with the president doesn't mean that he has to agree with him. and frankly, it reminds me of the conversation you were just having with your panel, which i thoroughly enjoyed. and by the way, i do have a body language expert on my radio program today because i'm so taken with the interaction among the five former presidents. but i loved what i saw yesterday. i mean, i loved the civility, and it wasn't always, you know, friendly, the partner, the spouse. i'm looking at you. karen pence is always the tell. like, did you ever go to the holiday party? the christmas party. and you meet the partner or the spouse and the reception is a little bit chilly and you say, oh, maybe that lets me know how my coworker really feels about me. i've had that experience. but anyway, civility is a good thing. civility is a good thing. whether it's john fetterman and donald trump getting along, or whether it's barack obama and donald trump having a moment where they

but is his successors bombast selling a hostage deal also fawning over fetterman? why is the pennsylvania senator suddenly maga's favorite democrat and call my name in his leather? >> seats? >> her voice has touched some of america's favorite traditions idol football, the opry, and now carrie underwood is about to step onto the stage of a political. pastime. >> i, donald john trump, live at the table. >> scott jennings, ashley allison, john avalon, and arthur aidala americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. tonight of, quote, explosive fire growth across l.a. those strong winds that helped fuel the first round of fires they are returning right now. and in the morning the gusts will be up to 70 miles an hour. and this will be a new challenge. just as 15,000 firefighters and first responders are finally, finally starting to make some progress containing these flames. but that situation has only gotten more grim. families are returning to what is left of their homes. others are desperately searching for their loved ones, doz

but trump, on the other hand, had called fetterman like a drug addict. and, you know, you know, writ large. so, look, it's good to see people reaching out across partisan lines to fetterman to reach out, go there. that's fine. and and maybe appealing to the flattery to donald trump. you know, he's very susceptible to flattery if that can help us unite as a nation to find some common ground, to get some big things done, that's fine. but it would have been nice to have republican senators reaching out to joe biden, you know, and that's what we didn't see. >> so that is a good point. why does this never happen the other way around? >> well, hold on. i mean, i thought i thought one of the big biden pitches was he passed a bunch of bipartisan. he did. he did. he did. so. so how can you say republicans didn't help joe biden when they voted for some of his stuff with you? >> because because, lest we forget, four years ago and a week the capitol was had been attacked. and we did see a lot of big bipartisan things get done because trump worked with the senate and

could john fetterman is at least willing to hear out what those s are.or accepted an invitation to mar-a-lago to meet with president trump and to find out what areas of common ground they can work on. well, fetterman's even joking that there's a position he wants in the administration. >> what do you plan on talking about with the president-elect? >> i am asking to be named the pope of greenland. [laughter] >> do you have a specific -- >> just having a conversation. this is going to be the president, and i am not just the senator for democrats in pennsylvania. i am a senator for everyone in pennsylvania. and my state picked donald trump as president, and if i have the opportunity to have that conversation, i bet we are going to find things to work together for a better pennsylvania and a better nation, and that is why i am engaging in this. >> kayleigh: well, good for him. so could fetterman's meeting signal to other democrats that it is okay to ditch their trump derangement syndrome? i mean, how bad can he really be when he and former president obama ap

fetterman. fetterman has the kind of sentimentality that they used to have. know, you're going to represent your state. you're going to meet the president. you're going to get things done for our state. who cares about party? they've broken the fever. kayleigh schumer has lost all control over his caucus. there was like how many democrats voted for the lake and riley act now a year ago, if you had said they're going to vote for, you know, detaining and deporting people that steal who were illegals, no way they would have just gone back to their sides. now the country is moving forward. big tech, the democrats, fetterman is leading the charge. it is a beautiful thing. it should have happened a long time ago. harold. >> to that end, there were 36 democrats who voted previously on the lake and riley act. that number went to 48. so do you think, like fetterman, some democrats are going to say, hey, let's play ball with this popular president? >> i think so, again, this is something that ordinarily happens when presidents, new presidents come in who are or whether

i am like aoc and john fetterman.m get to office, and -- >> greg: this is interesting, kennedy. january 6th, the democrats applauding themselves -- yes, for peaceful to hitler. oh, look how nice we are. we are approving of the election. we are validating it -- to hitler. it makes no sense. >> kennedy: nothing makes any sense. but i think that speaks to harold's point about the way that john fetterman is talking to american voters. because you have entirely scrambled coalitions -- and i don't think a lot of people who voted for trump voted for him because now they are magically republicans. i think you have people who are disaffected, who are forgotten, who have been left out of the entire process, and they finally have someone who is speaking to them about ideas and not just trying to divide them which has gotten very old and very boring, so that's exactly what john fetterman and aoc are going to do. they are going to try and piggyback off of this new political trend because they both want to be president. they both w

that's something that's pretty typical of john fetterman, working across the aisle.ally isn't surprising. he has bucked his party on many different occasions and this frankly is one example of that. >> john: we saw with brett bear the other night that fetterman seemed to be on line with trump and greenland. >> i would never supporting taking it by force but i do think it's -- i don't think it's a responsible conversation if they were open to acquiring it and, you know, whether just buying it outright. if anyone thinks that's bonkers, like, remember the louisiana purchase? >> john: this is interesting to see that they see eye to eye on some things. >> reporter: they certainly see eye to eye on immigration and border security policy. we have this vote here in the next hour in the senate, a test vote, and john fetterman, he was the first democrat to say he would vote in favour of the lake and riley act. >> john: we'll see how it all works out. >> sandra: a live look of the wildfire devastation. we'll speak with a california resident who evacuated from one of the worst h

you're seeing it with fetterman. he knows it. he's in pennsylvania.n the right -- >> jonathan: he doesn't like the term progressive, he says. >> he is not -- the democratic party is going to go populist left, the wildfires, the cultural issues. al these things will eat them alive. >> 6 million jobs. the 20 million small businesses. this great economy that the democrats are once again gifting to donald trump. the democrats -- >> the democrats got crushed. just take the loss and move forward. >> who i know what a crush looks like. i have been around politics. >> i do too, and it was embarrassing. >> it was a very difficult election, but when you lose by less than 7,000 votes in the house -- >> it was history that donald trump achieved. >> and 1.7 million -- look. a loss is a loss. we're not sitting around relitigaing like you all did four years ago. >> as former rnc chairman for six years, i am thrilled that you think that what happened in november wasn't -- wasn't a decisive victory. >> it was not a landslide. >> jonathan: before we go, we have to talk

as far as fetterman is concerned, i'm loving this 2.0 john fetterman.g a great job being kind of the calming voice of that radical woke democrat party. it was moving so fast to the left and he stepped in and said wait a minute. let's talk about this. donald trump isn't the first person to even mention purchasing greenland. other presidents have done the same thing. it's just donald trump who looked around and said wait a minute. i'm a business mogul. i understand acquiring land. maybe this is a good thing for us strategically to prevent other nations from hurting not just america but america's partners and allies around the world. liz: you make an important point because this is on the table for generations about greenland. here is why. because russia and china see that it's mineral-rich. they love the minerals in greenland. they see the arctic as a faster way to get their goods to europe. i'm not sure why the media is not up to speed on this. they continue to attack in a very, you know, low level way president trump on this when it's about u.s. nationa

alabama republican senator katie brit and pennsylvania democratic senator john fetterman. is this important and how confident are you about the senate action here? >> yeah. so, i think we have seen this litigated over the last four years time and time again. and i think on november 5th, the american people delivered a verdict. security of americans over open border policies. and so this is a common sense piece of legislation obviously named after a remarkable young woman that was taken from this earth way too soon. and i think that the bipartisan support that you saw in the house i'm hopeful will carry on and to the senate, we are already seeing good traction from our senate colleagues interested in coming on board. >> bret: senator fetterman, there are democrats who obviously spoke out against this today. one of them congressman raskin. take a listen. >> pick a crime, paste into it a template immigration law, covering convicted criminals and then require detention or deportation of certain persons merely accused of committing the crime or arrested for committing the crime

especially with the fetterman -- if fetterman is a co-sponsor. is he respected. people like him.t just seems -- this seems like common sense, right? >> lawrence: we're also talking about legacy, ainsley. it's not just fetterman. say the senate does pass it. joe biden still president. still got some weeks does he sign the bill or have to wait until donald trump is there. is he work being on undoing everything and make it more difficult for the president. maybe he should do the right thing since he couldn't pronounce her name when he was doing the state of the union and sign the act. >> brian: only reason he said her name because someone shouted it out. >> lawrence: exactly right. >> brian: the prime minister of canada is going to resign, as soon as they get stop replace him. everyone knew this was coming and donald trump definitely pushed. this he was a catalyst for it when he said let's make it the 51st state. think had problems since they started. he came in so smug when donald trump got elected and he thought he was going to have power over the president. he didn't know how to

. >> is happening really fast meanwhile the cosponsored democratic senator jon fetterman fetterman ofre's a senator fetterman talking about the bill. >> if we as a party as a demdemocratskanawha with seven t votes are described that is where the reasons we lost. i for a party, i hope you have shifted. that's not a criticism but i happen to believe probably what i believe. >> is missing a voice of common sense to some. you think his party will follow? >> it is yet to be determined. many will follow but the problem the democrats have is for too long had to bend their knee to the woke bob. through don't have a little civil war and the party they got a very big election coming up the going to try to take back it was the house of representatives. john fetterman won the swing state. as become known as the swingset has a lot of the 32 preshow party and they should listen. this will be visiting president trump down a more longer raising eyebrows among some of his colleagues to show is willing to work in a bipartisan fashion. good to see you, thanks so much. arthel: it is a race against mother

i mean, no liberal is ever going to meet with donald trump, but fetterman does. >> senator fettermanending up being the most reasonable can democrat out there. and you know what? to donald trump's credit, he'll work with anybody who will work with him if he's got a sincere heart and i think senator fetterman is taking the lead and saying, yeah, i want to solve problems. stuart: who would have thought he would emerge as the common sense senator? >> wearing carhartt sweatshirt ises. i want to see those at mar-a-lago. stuart: coming up, watch this lady from pacific palisades con front governor newsom if over the disastrous response to the hydrants. >> why was there no water in the hydrants, governor? >> [inaudible] >> is it going to be different -- i would fill them up personally, you know that. stuart: that woman is going to the join us in our 10:00 hour. >>> california, one of the highest taxed states in the country yet they didn't have the resources to prepare for the fire. we'll have real estate guy maurice owe e man sky on what it's going to do to take rebuilding. we're also waitin

how's john fetterman doing? >> john fetterman is doing perfect. >> who is john fetterman? somebody. >> i don't know, but he sounds like a good person. he's a liberal. >> i love when he wears, like, the sweatshirts and stuff. he's a diva. he's your senator. >> what has he done for us lately? >> he's been wearing hoodies around the capitol. he got to wear a suit. >> oh my god. really? oh, my gosh, you know. oh. it's devastating man. >> donald trump's getting sworn in next week. what do you want? to see him tackle the border instead of the gulf of mexico? >> gulf of mexico. >> the mexicans alone. because they can build the whole house from ground up. >> he's gonna tackle mulanda. it's melania. >> melania? >> oh, that's a nice one. >> i can't wait to see what melania is gonna wear, to be honest with you. i'm so excited. oh, my god, my mom is freaking out. she hates donald trump. >> special shout out to my mother at jimmy carter's funeral last week. >> donald trump and barack obama, they were pretty chummy. they were making each other laugh. what do you think they were saying?

fetterman never did.lease one-third of the nation saying it would make a difference and he's of the police if you have magic wand and could do one thing he would release people in prison for life for felony murder. over the objections come over the objections of other parole board members as well as the families. and finally there's the drug issue with an open border, bring if and only cartel is running human operation and bring you the fentanyl with these folks. john fetterman has argued for an open border come sanctuary cities so are please can't cooperate with the federal officials, and to legalize all drugs. when that was tried in oregon, 50% increase in homicide rates. but here's the deal. i'm not a politician. i'm a surgeon. in and what surgeons do is tackle big problems and we do it successfully. in my case fixing broken hearts by words with everybody. by making sure we unified people in the operating room, not divide them. the single work for our nation. so i'm going to ask you to do something, to

we've got the breaking news that senator john fetterman will meet president trump at mar-a-lago. to this news no one saw coming, axios politico reporting they'd trump could be unifying both the gop and congress possibly in a new wave of bipartisanship. tonight, this story as well, biden harris white house legacy falling apart and we'll show you what former tv anchor slamming the media for the coverup of biden's decline and vice president kamala harris visibly furious at president obama and president trump laughing together at president jimmy carter's funeral today and first lady jill biden ignoring kamala harris and we'll talk about it with joe concha. she's rear to react. also, this story: >> democrats say it's called lawfare, it's called weaponization of justice, and it's happened at a level nobody has ever seen before. liz: far left judge juan merchan moving forward with his own lawfare with president trump and sentencing in the new york case and widely expected to be tossed out on appeal and that sentencing scheduled for tomorrow. so will the supreme court intervene? former u

>> johnny: how is john fetterman doing? who is john fetterman? >> on love when he runs it deflections and stuff d5 he is a senator! >> he has to wear a suit. >> oh, my god, really? it's devastating! ♪ ♪ >> johnny: dog trump is getting sworn in next week, what do you want to see him tackle? >> the border. >> build houses ground up. >> it's melania trump e. >> that is a nice one. >> i cannot wait to see what she wears, i'm so excited! one oh, my god,, my mom hates donald trump. >> special shadow to my mother! >> johnny: at the funeral last week donald trump and barack obama were making each of their life, what you think they were saying? >> memo [bleep] >> talking about how cb joe is. >> we have to look at it, you have to see if it's a real. >> johnny: any last words for the big guy, joe biden? >> [bleep] you! >> kick rocks! >> president biden: maybe have a picture with you. >> johnny: jesse watters, big eagles the fan, he is here tonight want what somehow are you doing? >> eagles! >> jesse: while! more prime time straight ahead. ♪ ♪ here's to gett

pennsylvania democrat john fetterman is now on board. the gop is encouraged. >> looking for to it being bipartisan. john tester saw the value and joined on. we welcome any democrat to join our efforts. we will starting tomorrow get this reintroduced and get it moving. >> 37 house democrats voted for the bill last march. house republicans will dare democrats to oppose the bill on the floor. mike collins of georgia is the bill's main sponsor and he believes that laken riley would be alive if this policy were in place before she was killed. >> bill: 37 house members on the democratic side. how many democrats in the senate would vote for it? >> it's unclear here. again you talk about john tester being gone. you have fetterman being for it. they have to get past that 60-vote threshold. right now republicans only have 52 republicans. jim justice, senator elect from west virginia hasn't been sworn in yet. >> bill: got it. chad, thanks. it's about the math. >> always. >> dana: let's bring in republican mike collins of georgia. he sponsored the l

but john fetterman can't.n believes joe biden did not spend enough money, argued he should have followed bernie sanders more and i would have put us trillions more in debt with higher inflation although he did not pay zone 67. the economy is just the tip of the iceberg he is weak on crime. i was supported and endorsed unanimously by the fraternal order of police. god bless them. [cheering]e because i have their back. fetterman and never did in fact he was to release one third of inmates saying it would not make a difference. he is of the belief if you have the magic wand he could do one thing. he would release the people in prison for life for felony murder over the objections, over the objections of other parole board members as well as the families. and finally, there is the drug issue with an open border were welcoming fentanyl and because the cartel is running human trafficking and bringing with these folks. john fettermand is argued for an open border, sanctuary cities or police cannot cooperate with the

this comes as not just republicans, but democratic senator fetterman stopped by. have been talking more than in the past. interview with washington examiner, president-elect trump said he had a meeting with fiojohn fetterman saying he is a common sense person. he is not liberal or conservative, he is common sense guy. the president-elect met with alberta premiere and kevin o'leary. they called it a friendly conversation, trump said he wants to make canada the 51st state. president-elect is working hard to get a hostages deal in the white house. it could be coming closer and trump said all hell will break loose if innocent hostages are not released by january 20th. coming soon. inauguration preps are underway and we know confirmation hearings start on tuesday. >> brian: i know, thanks so much. vice president-elect j.d. vance says america is closed to illegal immigration as soon as trump takes office next week. >> brian: this is with just days to go. what are they doing? they are out of a job, here with reaction, rachel campos-duffy. great to see you. if you are in

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fetterman it was totally a fascinating meeting. trump said he's a fascinating man and his life is his wife is lovely. really? is this the same donald trump? this is incredible. i just can't wait for him to go to the oval office. and we're going to go back to the executive orders, where he signed his name and goes like this. you do that 100 times, i miss that. >> that was amazing. >> so i think it's going to be so interesting. he's blurring the lines. your whole monologue. you didn't mention republican. really? >> no. it's all about dems. >> he's just pro-american. he's blurring the line for everything. and four years ago, he's not a real conservative. he's going to destroy the republican party. but sooner or later, everyone is talking about america. they're not talking about they're not talking about republican. and that may get some people sad. i just haven't met them yet. yeah, because most everyone just wants to get things done. you imagine if we start getting things done and checking the boxes? i am, i perhaps am naive and acco

. >> note senator fetterman didn't compare process talk about tuesday louisiana purchase. do you know the stance on the possibility of the united states purchasing one of thesehe territories if the deal is right? >> our focus is on lowering costs for hard-working american taxpayers. what about the november presidential election had any to do with invading greenland or at seizing it by force? i am confused by the obsession around these comments. what does it have to do with making sure that hard-working american taxpayers can live the american dream? the thing that is clear to me is that everyday americans across the country are fed. they are understandably concerned, frustrated or even angry about their decline in quality of life which has happened for decades, for far too long the size of the middle class in this country has gone down for the cost of living has gone up. that is a problem with the problem is not greenland. the problem is not the gulf of mexico and the need to rename it. the problem is not the panama now. it is making sure that the american dream is brought

. >> lawrence: don't be surprised if john fetterman votes for him. he said he finds the senator doing interest ing and he is no rh right or left, he's in the middle. when the allegations come up, they will probably use a female senator to drive that message. pete was never arrested, the investigation went away, they did not find he did anything. if you want to submit record of people's allegations, we can do the same thing for people and members of congress that have allegations against them, you have to prove in court of law. should not be discourse in a committee meeting. >> steve: 9:30 this morning, hegseth confirmation hearing starts. pete's opening statement is strong, you will see it live on fox. another alert, president-elect trump is making plans to visit the west coast and los angeles so he can see first hand devastation from the wildfires. >> lawrence: strong winds threaten new areas as folks are warned to be ready to evacuate at a moment's notis. griff jenkins is live in malibu. what are you learning, griff? >> griff: national weather serv

part of his agenda, larry, are also getting buy in from democratic senators several including john fetterman of pennsylvania voted in favor of the laken riley act cracking down on criminal illegal migrants and now fetterman will become the first congressional democrat to meet with trump at mar-a-lago. meanwhile, the cash continues flowing in. trump's inaugural committee reportedly raised more than $170 million as wealthy donors and business leaders seek to get on trump's good side ahead of his second term. >> i haven't had anybody saying anything bad about me. i'm not used to it. >> [laughter] >> but a lot of it's respect. i think they respect the republican party. reporter: a busy day for trump, larry. he appeared virtually for his criminal sentencing in new york. trump received an unconditional discharge which essentially means he's officially a convicted felon, but receives no punishment at all. trump promises to appeal. now back out here live, he spent the rest of his afternoon at his west palm beach golf course. he will meet with members of the house freedom caucus at mar-a-lago tonight

pennsylvania democrat senator john fetterman cosponsored the senate version of the bill and he calledemocrats for not backing up. watch this. >> it should be controversial to have a secure border and the numbers are out of control and you can be pro-immigration but we need a secure border and when you have hundreds of thousands of people and our nation here illegally with criminal records and some actively engaging in crime then they all have to go. i'm not sure why that would be controversial to anybody. what do you say 159 democrats voted against this bill. >> my heart goes out to her family i don't understand what they have done over the last four years that the democrats took to our country i-75 echoes to the heart of our district and calls from judges on a regular basis talking about people that they want to detain and turn over to ice but because the previous administration or the current administration joe biden would not put detainers on those criminal illegal immigrants they had to turn the back on the street. i don't understand how anybody can be opposed to the piece of legi

john fetterman co-sponsored the senate version of his bill.e called out fellow democrats for not backing it. >> it shouldn't be controversial to have a secure border and the numbers are out of control and you could be pro-immigration, but we need a secure border and here we are now. when you have hundreds of thousands of people in our nation here illegally with criminal records and some actively engaging in crime, well, then they all have to go and i'm not sure why that would be controversial to anybody. maria: congresswoman, what's your reaction to 159 democrat colleagues of yours voting against the laken riley bill? >> well, because they are just not living in reality and i never thought that i was going to agree with senator fetterman. of course, if you're an illegal and you're a criminal you have to go. starting with tren de aragua and i agree that it should have never occurred that this nurse, she should have never died and why? because we have to understand that right now 8 million people came in because of the biden policies of opening

conservative democrats jumped on board to back the plan including the pennsylvania democrat john fettermaned swing states. freshman democrat ruben doshi failed -- believe they failed to address the border during their campaign. >> there is an action and accost the democratic party and potentially the white house. i think we have to take the lessons from that. >> reporter: now that the senate can begin debate it still needs 60 vote -- votes to end of the fearsome democrat supported a matter what but as others don't get the changes they want they could walk the senate from clean leading the bill and also something interesting this afternoon pennsylvania democrat john fetterman supporting the laken riley act he has accepted an invitation to meet with the president-elect trump. >> you certainly become one of the most interesting senators to watch postelection and through this period. chet think you he said the laken riley act was common sense of course we heard a lot during the election thank you very much. so now we check in with the pasadena humane society about the work they are doing to ta

john fetterman confirms he'll meet with trump at mar-a-lago.as caught a friendly exchange between president elect trump and obama. is this all just another sign that democrats are flipping the tune on trump? charlie: here to disuses is white house counselor and host of here's the deal with kellyanne on fox nation, kellyanne conway. great to see you this morning. what's the deal? what were trump and obama talking about at jimmy carter's funeral? >> i was glad to see that exchange, unsurprising and the former and future and current president's club in this country is teeny tiny. it's a handful and other 335 million of us. they probably -- maybe talked a bit of policy, maybe personal, it was a great exchange for everyone to see. this time in washington, people scream bipartisanship all the time, and then they vote, particularly the democrats, voting for inflation reduction act. all voting against trump's tax cut and jobs act, that benefited all of their states and congressional districts and the supreme court with the biggest first amendment case

>> bill: good for senator fetterman.mocrats need to realize is they lost the election for a reason and part of it was because of the open border policies of the biden administration, which were an unmitigated disaster for the american people including laken riley. so saying we're going to repatriot or deport people who commit crimes in the country who are already here illegally seems to me like a no-brainer. democrats sometimes are slow to learn. >> bill: we'll see how it goes. it is short because we have breaking news. appreciate your time and we'll certainly be keeping an ear to the wall for that meeting later today with donald trump. thank you, sir, for coming on. >> thanks a lot. >> dana: out of control wildfires raging in l.a. evacuees ditching cars and fleeing on foot. actor steve gutenberg was among those who evacuated the area. >> everybody should evacuate. everybody did. my neighbors and my wife and my little dog, everybody evacuated. it's zombie land here. all these abandoned cars all over the street. >> dana:

according to "the washington examiner," trump called fetterman, quote: a common sense person, which iseautiful. trump also spent days attempting to unite different factions of the house g.o.p. conference in order to advance his agenda. one day mingling with spending hawks to the freedom caucus. telling republicans from new york, new jersey, and california, to find a number to increase state and local tax breaks. >> he agrees the cap on salt needs to be lifted. it did have a negative impact on states like new york on the report jack smith's team supreme court could weigh in. we could find out in the next couple hours tonight. bret? >> bret: details about inauguration day? >> that's right. so we found out that country superstar carrie underwood will be performing america the beautiful during inauguration and remember that garbage truck that went viral because the president elect rode it during the campaign trail. well, fo foxes is has now learnd that that truck from michigan will be a part of the inaugural parade the president will also be a part of. bret? >> bret: okay. probably some mo

trump telling "the washington examiner" that fetterman is a common sense person, which is beautiful.s begin their confirmation process. tuesday doug collins, pete hegseth and dougburg um. we learn the director of national intelligence pick tulsi gabbard now supports foia. as for rfk junior he is not anti-vax, he wants it to be science-based. health and human services talking about that with the west virginia senator. >> i think he wants a healthy country. he wants healthier food, a health system that works for people that need it and that want it and so i came away from that meeting really very positively impressed but at the same time he will be in front of committee and these tough questions will be asked. >> tough questions will be coming but trump's team says their picks are ready, bill. >> bill: thank you. watching it from here. thanks. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: a big wild card weekend for football. here we go. the buffalo bills with a commanding win over the denver broncos 31-seven. bills quarterback allen overpowering denver's defense. houston texans knocked out the los a

that doesn't mean -- that also could mean that fetterman is on board.ll hasn't met with him yet. has some people concerned. so, we'll see if there are going to be any other problems on the way. murkowski and collins always seem to be an issue. but, pete has evidently been extremely impressive behind closed doors and he is letting everybody know what his mission will be. >> ainsley: john thune said the president wants these people to have these positions. so we're going to vote -- we support the president. so, he said we're going to do everything we can to ensure that trump has the people he wants in place. >> lawrence: noticing something that is happening and especially when it comes to pete as well as kash patel, as the noise settles, and you look at the resumes and look at the connections and had the meetings with senators and getting the readout that the meetings are going well. it looks like nominations are going to be pretty safe for the most part when it comes to pete hegseth, kash patel still looking like tulsi gabbard is going to have. >> brian:

democratic pennsylvania senator john fetterman says he's accepted an invitation to meet with presidentct trump at mar a lago. fetterman says he's open to meeting with anybody if that meeting will help him in his home state of pennsylvania. senator vance from ohio, meantime, not a senator anymore. j.d. vance resigned his office thursday so he can become vice president. vance served two years of his first six year senate term. president biden continues to get briefings on the fires here in california. and, as we reported earlier, promised fema money to help. president elect trump says there is no fema money, but that's just not true. the federal government will cover 100% of the cost for 180 days. this is going to pay for things like debris and hazard materia removal, temporary shelters, first responders, salaries, and all necessary measures to protect life and property. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky did a podcast with a conservative podcaster this week, reaching an audience he had not tried to reach before, and it's had millions of listens. this comes as trump has indicated he

fetterman is the clearest example so far.he has expressed eagerness to get on board, not only with the laken riley act, which will get a vote on later today, but also on issues like icc sanctions. we are seeing democrats, especially those moderate democrats, in states that trump won, especially those up for reelection in 2026, being much more willing to maybe vote with republicans on some of these early bills. >> all right, steph curry for us this morning. very grateful to have you on the show. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> all right. ahead here on cnn this morning those wildfires continue to rage in los angeles county. how firefighters are battling these new mega fires. plus a final farewell to jimmy carter, all five living american presidents are expected to attend his funeral later this morning. >> kobe believed in himself at the youngest possible age. >> it's one of the most remarkable stories in sports history. i don't want to be remembered as just a basketball player. >> kobe premieres january 25th

do you think other people are going to follow fetterman in this?ook, that's the precedent that we saw in the first trump administration, where you had many democrats actually did vote for a number of trump's nominees. now we're eight years more into it. and there's a very different kind of cabinet appointees being put together here by by trump 2.0. but i do think that you will see some democratic senators crossing party lines. that's the history of cabinet appointments in this country have always been largely bipartisan. it's really very unusual, in fact, that there would be this kind of knockdown, drag out fights over such a large number of potential cabinet appointments. >> it's very unusual in the history of washington, even recent history. >> so, yes, i definitely expect some democratic senators to be voting for some of these nominees. however, when it comes to pete hegseth, i would be extremely surprised, if not shocked, to see any democratic senator supporting him. and remember, the numbers are tight here for the trump administration. they ca

fetterman says he's open to and meet with anybody if that meeting will help. home state of pennsylvania. senator vance from ohio, meanwhile, no longer a a senator. j.d. vance resigned his office thursday so he can become president. vice president vance served two years of his first six years of his senate term. president biden, meantime, continues to get briefings on the fires here in california. and, as we reported earlier, promised fema money to help. president elect trump says there is no money, but that's just not true. the federal government will cover 100% of the cost for 180 days. this is going to pay for things like debris and hazard material removal, temporary shelters, first responders, salaries, and all necessary measures to protect life and property. and the bureau of labor statistics just released the last full month of jobs data for president biden's presidency, and the number blew past expectations 265,000 jobs added in december, putting the general job growth at well over 2 million for the year. unemployment rate falls by quite a bit to 4.1%. w

>> punchbowl is also reporting this morning alex, that senator john fetterman is co-sponsoring the lakeniley act, of course, in response to the death of of laken riley telling. >> yeah. well, i think people are already forgetting that the democratic nominee ran on one of the most hawkish border policy a democrat has run on in a long time, including $100 million for the wall, including huge beasts and border security. and the democrats lesson at least democrats i talked to right now is that it wasn't enough. so if you have a bill come up that is pretty hawkish on immigration, you know, a lot of democrats, including john fetterman, are going to be under a lot of pressure to vote. >> three fourths of the country trust republicans on immigration right now compared to democrats. and you have about a dozen to 15 democrats who are in seats that donald trump won. they're also going to want to prove that they're willing to cooperate with him, i think, on tax rates and on immigration. >> right. because the trust will start to erode once trump and the republicans are in power and people feel like t

and my state picked donald trump as president. >> i mean, there are senators like fetterman who have a totally different approach with trump than democrats did back in 2017 when he came into office. >> yeah, we've been reporting a lot on this this past week. we even quoted alexandria ocasio-cortez, the kind of the leader for a lot of the left on these issues. and she said, listen, we can't just be reflexively anti-republican. i mean, the fact that she's even saying that is just, i think, really instructive of where democrats are, not just democrats on the front line, not just democrats who are worried about their reelection, but are saying we have to take an entirely new kind of strategy when it comes to where we can work together and where we can't. >> meantime, the president himself, as he was on his way out the door in just a matter of days, he had a press conference on friday talking about what was happening in california, and he was asked about his decision to drop out of the race and what that whether he could have actually beaten trump. >> i think. >> i would have beaten trump

john fetterman of pennsylvania has already said he's going to support her, so i think there are a number of cabinet nominees who are going to secure democratic support. the question is how many, and will that even be necessary because again, you got 53 republicans in the senate and all of them support this respective nominee whoever you're talking about, you don't need all the democrats. host: tennessee, republican, good morning. caller: thanks for coming on c-span and talking to everybody but i have to take issue with you and everyone else making a big issue at of section 702 to spy on americans for no reason, other than washington wants to start -- spy on them. the border has been wide open for four years, anyone can walk in. suddenly tulsa gabbert is some kind of national security threat? you guys are -- leading us, we are not stupid. this is why everyone in america hates everyone in washington and why we really -- elected a reality start. host: let me ask you, do you think it was wrong of tulsi gabbard to come out and say that this is a tool that she will continue to use? caller: yea

and senator john fetterman says he thinks it will be enough to pass if we as a party as democrats. we can't come up with 7 rebotes them. i would describe that as one of the reasons why we lost the final vote in the senate could happen as soon as next week in washington. i'm hannah brandt. the department of government efficiency known as led by elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. >> are hiring a quote, very small number of people for full-time salaried positions. a post on x course formally known as twitter calls for candidates to send a message to the department's account with a few bullet points detailing their abilities along with their phone number. the doge account also says it is hiring for human resources, it and finance and candidates should include a resume along with an explanation for why they want to join the department. >> all right. time to talk weather. here's lourdes guys. we are going to see some nice weather continuing around the bay area. offshore winds. yeah, they're gonna blow again in the next few days. but not really strong, especially compared to southern californ

and my point bigger point is for those democrats like john fetterman, who go down to mar a lago to gokiss trump's butt. i hope you look at yourself in the mirror and say it is despicable what trump is doing. i hope he reminds you of how vile he is. the democrats start stepping up and taking the fight to donald trump on all the issues, including correcting the record, where we see very few democrats stepping up into the fight on this issue. >> yeah, i was going to say fetterman is not going to do that. i mean, can you imagine for a second if joe biden would have said something like that about ron desantis in the middle of the flooding that was taking place in florida? if you would have spoken about ron desantis, it just would never have happened. >> but it's not just trump. it's a whole ecosystem of misinformation that is drowning out the noise. and i don't know that this has much to do. i mean, this is just so successful for them that people are not able to get the actual truth and they're not even i mean, i think it really is obfuscating everything. yeah. >> and so to that point, i w

when he was the bernie sanders backing fetterman not the fetterman now who is like what john mccain was the democrats for many years, right? >> the point is we just came off of an election very contentious election between democrats and republicans if people remember. at orientation -- [inaudible] >> we struck up a friendship and do something we maintain. texting, where are y'all staying? were going to take the kids, to want to go? we continue different chip and to be truthful with you when he was courageous enough to say hey, i some mental health challenges and are going to seek treatment, i think that's a moment we should all celebrate. think about how hard it is a to challenging conversations even with the people you love most and love you most and for him to do that in front of the world was a beacon of hope and courage i do think it is an example for others to follow. we maintain the friendship. he asked me to come visit when he was at their -- >> in the hospital. >> yeah. to be trusted not to be in a space i'll thought to be worthy of that trust. with continued a friendship. a